Chapter two hundred and eighty ninth
King Yan's face was slightly darker and said, "What does the Peng family mean? Do you even care about the affairs in the grandson's room? Taking concubines is to spread their branches and leaves. Mrs. Xu gave birth to two sons for Lord Xu at one time. Isn't it enough? People from the Peng family, hum, in the future, you can raise your baby well in the yard. If you have nothing to do, just make a few small clothes for your children to wear. Don't tell those boring people about whether there is anything or not."
After saying that, the King of Yan stood up, and did not listen to Concubine Xu's words, and left with great strides.
Concubine Xu never expected that such a few words would cause the King of Yan to be unhappy. He rewarded the beauty to Lord Xu. Why was the prince unhappy? Could it be that the prince and Lord Xu are...
Concubine Xu shivered and did not dare to think about it anymore. But she accepted the honorary gift from her cousin Mrs. Peng Er, but did not do it for Mrs. Peng Er, which was not easy to explain. Concubine Xu pondered for a moment. The prince was unwilling to reward Mr. Xu to the beauty. In a few days, he would go to the palace with the princess to pay tribute to the queen. At that time, the queen would ask the queen to reward Mr. Xu to reward Mr. Xu. This would not only break the prince's thoughts on Mr. Xu, but also help Mrs. Peng Er, and the best of both worlds.
Although Chen Danxia expected that even with Wen, Mrs. Peng would still hold a grudge against her for sending Peng Xin to the temple and was always on guard, but she never expected that Mrs. Peng would use such a crooked mind and reach out to the Yan Prince's Mansion, and colluded with the petty concubine Xu.
Although Xu Xu used his trick to make King Yan dislike Mrs. Wei, she was also neglected by King Yan for some time. After knowing that King Yan's bottom line was there, he no longer paid too much attention to other women in the mansion, and he did not dare to do anything privately, so he did not know about this.
The next day, Yang Lingzhi returned to her parents' home and returned to the palace in the evening. The first thing she did when she returned to the palace was to go to the East Courtyard and ask for a meeting with the King of Yan. King Yan was waiting for her in the study. When she heard her coming back, she asked the eunuch to welcome her. The couple said something in the study for half an hour.
Yang Lingzhi came out of the east courtyard with a vigor and returned to the main courtyard of the west courtyard. When she passed by the garden, she watched Xu from afar holding her belly and walking with her maid. Her eyes were slightly dim and she subconsciously touched her stomach. She didn't know when she would get pregnant again.
A few days later, Xu Xi followed Yang Lingzhi to the palace to pay tribute to Queen Zhao. Concubine Xu told a story of a jealous woman in a hilarious tone, "If I were me, I would definitely hope that my husband would have more women so that he could have a lot of women for him."
Yang Lingzhi looked ugly and glanced at Concubine Xu coldly. What does this mean? Are she saying that she is not virtuous? Does this woman think that she can step on her as a pregnant woman? You should know that although Concubine Xu is the woman of King Yan, she cannot call King Yan the husband. This statement is overwhelming and angered Yang Lingzhi, who is the main concubine, the sensitive nerves.
Xu Xu was shocked. She heard that the person Xu's allusion to was her third sister-in-law. Not to mention whether her third brother would take a concubine or not, it had nothing to do with her Xu. Moreover, how could she, a concubine in the royal palace, dare to interfere in the affairs of the ministers' inner house? The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. In order to avoid collusion with the previous dynasty, even if the queen wants to reward the beauty to the minister, she must obtain the consent of the emperor.
Empress Zhao smiled but didn't say anything. She was a jealous woman herself, not to mention that Xu Lang was willing to live with her wife. If she rashly rewarded several beauties to Xu Lang, it would be fine if Xu Lang accepted it. If she refused, how could she have face? Besides, if a man really wanted to steal a fishy fish, his wife would not be able to stop him. Just like the emperor, she saw so silly, she finally asked him to make a bad son, which made her difficult now. Xu Lang was unwilling to take a concubine, but she forced him to accept it. That was not to win over people, it was offending people. She would not do such a thankless thing.
"Empress, you have to scold her for being an unvirtuous woman like this to let her know her mistake." Xu said indignantly.
"You are still pregnant, there is no need to be so angry about the person in the story." Zhao Hou said with a faint smile.
"Empress, this is not a story, this is a real story." Xu said anxiously. She is a concubine and can only enter the palace once a month.
Zhao Hou frowned slightly and said, "Other people's affairs have nothing to do with you, so there is no need to be angry and worry about it."
Concubine Xu wanted to say something else, Yang Lingzhi said first: "Mother, my daughter-in-law heard that Nanzhao had sent a few koi carp from Nanzhao. The daughter-in-law had never seen it before. She wanted to go and have a look and see it for a long time."
"Those koi are raised in the small bird pond in the imperial garden." Zhao Hou smiled.
"The daughter-in-law gave up." Yang Lingzhi bowed and looked at Concubine Xu, "Let's go,
Let's go and have a look together."
Although Concubine Xu was unwilling to accept, she did not dare to ignore Yang Lingzhi's words. She stood up and followed Zhao Guang and walked out of the side palace together. When she walked outside the palace gate, Yang Lingzhi stopped and replied: "I only now know that Concubine Xu has a clever mouth. Every day when Concubine Xu comes to pay her respects to Concubine, she will have to tell a story and let us sisters have fun listening. Are you okay?"
"The princess's proposal is very good, it really helps us sisters to be bored." Xu Xu immediately agreed. When will he not step on Xu's concubine at this time?
Zhao Guanzhi glanced at Concubine Xu and smiled, "I love to listen to stories the most. A few days ago, I wanted to ask the princess to ask two storytellers to come back and talk about a few paragraphs to relieve boredom. Now that I have Sister Xu, there is no need to pay for this."
Concubine Xu's face changed slightly. What do these three women mean? Do you think of her as the lowly storyteller?
"Concubine Xu, what's wrong? Are you unwilling to tell stories to this concubine?" Yang Lingzhi asked in a deep voice.
"I dare not." Xu said with his head down.
"Don't dare?" Yang Lingzhi snorted coldly, "I think you dare very much. You can talk to the queen. What else can you dare not do?"
Concubine Xu bent her feet and was about to kneel down. The maid beside Yang Lingzhi came forward to support her and prevented her from kneeling down. Yang Lingzhi's face was as deep as water and said, "What are you going to do? This is the palace. Pay attention to your words and deeds, don't lose your face and implicate the prince."
"I know." Concubine Xu lowered her head.
Surrounded by the maids, the four of them went to the small bi pond in the imperial garden to see the koi carp, exclaimed a few times, returned to Qiyuan Palace, and after lunch with Queen Zhao, they left the palace and returned to the palace.
King Yan had placed someone in Qiyuan Palace, and he soon learned about what happened in the side palace. Yang Lingzhi was not aware of it. In the evening, King Yan came over and took Xu's concubine's eye drops in front of King Yan. King Yan was drinking tea quietly. Yang Lingzhi glanced and couldn't tell whether he was happy or angry, and he felt a little uneasy.
King Yan put down the teacup and said, "Xu is a concubine and is pregnant. If it is not necessary in the future, don't let her meet guests. Let her stay in the yard to raise her baby."
Yang Lingzhi knew that her eyes were correct, and she felt relieved and said, "I know, but Concubine Xu doesn't like to see guests at home, and she has never summoned her family." After Zhao Qianzhi and Concubine Xu became pregnant, they were disrespectful to her. Only Xu Xu has been respectful to her since she entered the door and has never been arrogant in front of her. She was happy to give Xu Xu a little face and say a few good words.
"You are less worried when she can be so obedient. You are just too generous, even if they forget it." King Yan grabbed Yang Lingzhi's hand and patted it gently.
Yang Lingzhi said: "We are all those who serve the prince."
"You are my wife. I will leave this inner house to you and set up the rules." King Yan Zhengyan said.
"I know, I will definitely take charge of the inner house for the prince and will not worry the prince." Yang Lingzhi expressed her determination to King Yan.
King Yan smiled, "I believe in you."
That night, the King of Yan stayed in the main courtyard, and the couple was in harmony. The next day, the King of Yan took away the person who secretly protected Xu Concubine Xu. "She even cared about other people's inner houses. I think she is a capable person and I don't need to worry about her." The King of Yan was no longer looking forward to the piece of meat in Xu Concubine Xu's belly. He was still young and had no worries about having no children in the future. The child was still in her belly, so she was so brave that she dared to disobey his will. If she was asked to give birth to a boy, the palace would not be able to hold her.
Xu Xu found the King of Yan and said bluntly that he wanted to tell Chen Danxia about this, "Prince, I can't let my third sister-in-law be plotted against me like this."
"Your third sister-in-law doesn't let your third brother take a concubine, it's jealous." King Yan said tentatively.
"If my third brother is thinking about taking a concubine, I won't care too much. My third sister-in-law will let him give up this idea; but now my third brother doesn't have this idea. Someone is planning to let my third brother take a concubine and destroy the relationship between them, which is not possible." Xu Xu said firmly.
King Yan narrowed his eyes and said, "I will give you a beauty to Lord Xu tomorrow. I want to see if Mrs. Xu dares to refuse?"
Xu Xu knelt down and kowtowed, "Prince, please don't give me the beauty to my third brother.
I would like to ask you, my third sister-in-law is more than a complete character. If you reward the beauty to my third brother, the consequences will be unimaginable. Prince, I would like to ask you, I would like to ask you."
King Yan just wanted to tease Xu Xi, but she didn't want her to take it seriously. She knelt on the floor and thudded loudly. She quickly stepped forward to help her up. She saw that her forehead was red and she was peeling off. She sighed inwardly. The girl with a solid eye hurriedly said, "I am joking, I will not give your third brother a beauty."
"Thank you, thank you." Xu Xu cried with joy.
"Okay, please let me tell Mrs. Xu about this." King Yan said with a smile.
"Thank you, thank you." Xu Xu smiled.
"Okay, let's come in, clean your forehead and apply medicine. I don't want a disfigured concubine." King Yan joked.
Xu Zi smiled shyly, went out to arrange for someone to give gifts to Xu's mansion, and called a maid to clean her forehead and apply medicine.
Chen Danxia was taking two little guys to pick beans in the vegetable garden. Shiqin came over to report that the concubine of the Yan Prince's Mansion was beating someone and giving gifts. Chen Danxia asked the two wet nurses to look after Pangpang and Zhuangzhuang, so she changed her clothes and went out to see the guests.
The one who came was one of Xu Xu's dowry maids. When Chen Danxia came in, the maid saluted respectfully, "I would like to pay tribute to the third grandma, and the third grandma will be blessed."
"No need to be polite, get up, the concubine asks you to come, but what's the important thing?" Chen Danxia asked. It must be something for Xu Xu to send gifts when he is not on holidays.
The maid told her everything that Xu Xi asked her to say. Chen Danxia tightened the round fan in her hand. Mrs. Peng and Concubine Xu, okay, very good. She gave the maid a high-quality reward and beat her away. Chen Danxia returned to Lingxiyuan with a cold face.
"Mo Shi, according to Master Peng Er's preferences, go find a beauty and give it to him." Chen Danxia was worried that the Peng family was Xu Lang's maternal family and was not easy to take action, but he was unwilling to let Mrs. Peng Er let her go to the Peng family and let her fight with Mrs. Peng Er's wife and concubine, so that she would have so much free time to plot against others.
"Yes." Momo lost and left.
"Mo Li, please check Lord Xu and Mrs. Xu. I want to know if they have done something bad in private." Chen Danxia sneered.
"What if there isn't?" Mo Li asked.
Chen Danxia touched his chin, "If not, let's forget about this, I'll admit it." He paused, "If there is, the Minister of the Honglu Temple should do it in another way."
At night, in bed, the couple had a great time. Chen Danxia snuggled in Xu Lang's arms and said, "Third Master, your second aunt really loves you."
This was obviously a slander. Xu Lang raised his eyebrows and asked, "What other things did she do that are angry and resentful?"
"She felt that it was too aggrieved for you to live alone with me. She specially invited Concubine Xu from the Prince of Yan's Mansion to come to the Queen and said that she wanted the Queen to reward a few beauties to come to the mansion to serve you." Chen Danxia's hands slid to his waist and pinched a piece of meat.
"She really loves me." Xu Lang said gritting his teeth. His second aunt, who is just a peaceful life, jumping around without knowing how to take a concubine all day long. What's the matter with her?
"In order to express my gratitude to her, I plan to give my second uncle a beauty, and ask her to help her share the burden with her second aunt, so that her second aunt can have more free time to love you. Do you think you are okay?" Chen Danxia asked with a smile. Mrs. Peng wanted to give her a beauty to her man, so she immediately gave it to the beauty to Mrs. Peng's man. This is called courtesy exchange.
"Do whatever you want, I will do everything." Xu Lang said indulgently.
"Thank you, Master Third." Chen Danxia let go of his hand and kissed him on the chest with a teasing look.
"That Concubine Xu, how are you going to teach her a lesson?" Xu Lang asked curiously, touching her smooth back.
"Concubine Xu is pregnant and can't move her, so as not to beat the mouse and hurt the Yu Ping, causing displeasure to the King of Yan, so I'm going to move her father's position." Chen Danxia smiled.
Xu Lang pondered for a moment and said, "Mr. Xu did a good job in Honglu Temple. He used to be the prefect in Jiangdu."
Chen Danxia's bright eyes flowed, and she smiled and said, "Jiangdu Mansion, ten miles of Jianghuai, talented man half a city, beautiful woman half a city, pleasure boat brothels, rouge fragrant powder, gentle home,
The jade body is straight and the wine is not drunk, and everyone is drunk by themselves. It is a rich and good place."
Concubine Xu didn't know yet. Because of her greed for Mrs. Peng's little things, she angered Chen Danxia, a jealous woman, and was about to ruin her father's career. She didn't know that because of her greed, she would lose the protection of the King of Yan, her pregnancy would be full of risks. Jiangdu is a distance away from Jin, and it would take time to send someone to collect evidence. Master Xu had nothing to do with him for the time being, and the situation against Peng Xuan began after finding a suitable beauty.
On this day, Peng Humu went to the bookstore to buy books and came out to knock down a young girl who came out of the medicine shop. The girl was knocked to the ground and sprained her left foot. The two met this way. The girl claimed that her family was in trouble. She brought her sick mother to Jindu to join relatives and friends. Unexpectedly, her relatives and friends had been released as officials. Her mother and daughter were exhausted and could not return to her original home. Now she is temporarily living in a dilapidated house, earning some medicine and food by washing clothes for others.
In short, the girl's life experience is miserable, and she successfully leads to Peng Qi's pity and extends a helping hand to her mother and daughter. The girl is grateful and willing to commit herself to serve Peng Qi. Peng Qi refused repeatedly, but in the end she was moved by the girl's "infatuation" and decided to take her as a concubine.
In order to prevent the girl from being too low, when she entered the mansion, she was bullied by Mrs. Peng Er, Chen Danxia forced Xu Lang to persuade Peng Yan to find a commander commander Si Zheng as the adopted father. Peng Yan didn't know that Xu Lang and Shen Danxia's actions were completely to disgust Mrs. Peng, and were very satisfied with her nephew's caringness. Peng Yan went back and said to Mrs. Peng Er, "Today, Lord Wu said he wanted to give his daughter to me as a concubine. I have seen that girl, and she has good temperament and good looks, so she agreed. You are the mistress, so you will leave this matter to you. It's not nice to take a noble concubine to say it, but she is always an official girl, so she should use the gift of taking a good concubine."
Mrs. Peng was dumbfounded. Peng Qian was not a person who was greedy. There were only two concubines around her, and none of them had been raised. These two concubines were carried up from her dowry maid for her sake after she gave birth to two sons. Seeing that Peng Qian was about to be over fifty years old, he suddenly said that he wanted to take a good concubine from outside. Mrs. Peng Qian felt extremely awkward and blurted out, "Why?"
"Nothing is wrong? I just want to take a concubine who is a concubine who is in the open and mo to serve my pen and mo." Peng Qian found a reason casually.
"Yes, master, I will take good care of it." No matter how reluctant Mrs. Peng Er was, she had to agree.
On the evening of June 30th, the concubine Wu took a pink sedan chair and carried it in from the side door of the Peng family. Although she was taken in as a good concubine, the concubine was the concubine, and there was no such thing as a wedding. Wu gave Mrs. Peng's second wife and the courtesy was done.
Chen Danxia felt that if she didn't tell Mrs. Peng that this was the one she arranged for Mrs. Peng to give it to Mr. Peng, she felt very unfulfilled, so she sent Mo Xu to see Mrs. Peng. Mo Xu asked to see Mrs. Peng and said bluntly: "My third grandma said that my uncle thought my third grandma was not virtuous and jealous, and refused to take a concubine to my third grandma. It seems that my uncle is virtuous. Now that my uncle has taken a good concubine, the third grandma specially asked my servant to congratulate my uncle. I think that my uncle and Aunt Wu will definitely be able to live in harmony in the future, and the wife and concubine will be together."
Mrs. Peng's second wife's face changed slightly. Realizing that this was Chen Danxia's revenge on her, she asked, "Is Wu a member of Shen?"
"Uncle, you are wrong. Aunt Wu is my uncle's man." Mo Shi retreated with a smile.
Mrs. Peng was extremely angry and screamed, smashing the teacup in her hand heavily on the ground. The maids thought she was angry for taking a concubine for the second master, and no one dared to go in and disturb her.
Chapter completed!